U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego speaks to reporters at his Phoenix office on Feb. 27, 2026. (Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez/Arizona Mirror)
‘We can’t just be anti-Trumpers’: Gallego pitches education vision for Democratic majority
If Democrats take control of one or both chambers of Congress in November, U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego wants to be ready.
On Tuesday, Gallego released a wide ranging plan to reverse President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, and to improve public education across the country with increased support from the federal government.
“We can’t just be anti-Trumpers,” Gallego told the Arizona Mirror. “We have to actually have a vision of where we want to go with education…
U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari speaks to reporters on Sept. 9, 2026, following an oversight visit at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Phoenix, as Deacon Joe Stickney with Valley Interfaith Project looks on. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
Ansari makes surprise visit to Phoenix ICE facility after Mirror report
U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Phoenix, conducted a surprise oversight visit of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Phoenix on Wednesday after reporting last week by the Arizona Mirror showed that detainees are staying longer and in larger numbers than in previous years.
Ansari cited the Mirror’s reporting for prompting her to conduct the visit, the 13th time she has…
State Rep. Justin Wilmeth, R-Phoenix, in June 2024. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
GOP lawmaker touts economic record while his own wages are being garnished
Republican state Rep. Justin Wilmeth is running for reelection on his record of bolstering Arizona’s economy, even as his own legislative salary was garnished last year because he defaulted on a student loan.
Wilmeth, who was a Republican policy advisor for the Arizona House of Representatives before he was elected to the body in 2020, is a three-time graduate of Arizona State University…
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